June 2024

FACEBOOK mogul Mark Zuckerburg has docked his €278m super yacht in a major Spanish tourist spot.  Just a week after the Jenner sisters graced the Balearic Islands, yet more famous faces have arrived in Mallorca.  Mark Zukerberg, founder of META, debuted his new megayacht, Launchpad, during a vacation to the island.  READ MORE: Tom Cruise’s

FIVE people have been arrested in Malaga province after the Guardia Civil seized 21,302 litres of nitrous oxide(laughing gas)- the biggest-such seizure in Europe. The gas was stored in different capacity cannisters at a warehouse on the La Rosa industrial estate in Alhaurin el Grande. The suspects- of various undisclosed nationalities- have been charged with

THE drowning death toll has risen to 12 people within just nine days on the Costa Blanca as two more bathers died on Monday. A man and woman- said to be related and non-Spanish- drowned at lunchtime at Elche’s Arenales del Sol and Carabassi beaches. The beaches had green flags raised earlier in the day,

The preliminary roster for Spain’s Euro 2024 squad has been released. The group of 29 players will be further reduced to 26 by June 7 with Spain’s first match coming on June 15 against Croatia. Those 26 players will be expected to build on Spain’s third-place finish at the last Euros and wipe away the

JUST as summer is finally getting into full swing, another stormfront comes along to leather parts of Spain. The Spanish weather agency Aemet has issued weather warnings for several communities as an Atlantic trough brings rain and storms to the country.  A rare orange alert has been activated for the Valencian Community, where rains and

THE first bandage is being applied to staunch the torrent of tourist rentals that have been flooding Malaga’s housing market. A new regulation means that Airbnbs and similar lets in residential buildings will now be required to have a separate entrance for tourists to come and go from. The rule will not apply to the

SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz has resigned as leader of the far-left Sumar platform she founded in 2023 after a disappointing round of results in Sunday’s European elections. Speaking at a press conference on Monday afternoon, Diaz, 53, said it was ‘necessary’ for her to take a step away from Sumar after the electoral

MISSION Impossible star, Tom Cruise, has visited a popular city in Southern Spain before returning to Mallorca on his self-piloted plane.  Less than a month after his recent visit to Mallorca, Tom Cruise has touched down on the island again.  The actor returned this Sunday, June 9 on his Hondajet private plane, which he flies

ALBERTO Nuñez Feijoo hailed the arrival of a new ‘political cycle’ after his conservative Partido Popular (PP) won the most seats in Sunday’s crunch European elections. The PP received 34.2% of the vote and won 22 MEPs (Members of European Parliament) who will help to shape the EU’s legislative agenda, edging out Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE